Orchid bees
Tribe Euglossini
Burying beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Stingless bees
Tetragonisca angustula
Giant mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Rusty patched bumble bee
Bombus affinis
Goldenrod soldier beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
Valley carpenter bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Spongy moth
Lymantria dispar
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Mining bee
Andrena sp.
Squash vine borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Bumblebee mimic robber fly
Laphria thoracica
Welcome to the Department of Entomology!
The Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is a world-class graduate training and research institution committed to advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts. We offer MS and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology and two undergraduate majors (Entomology & Global Health). Our faculty and staff members along with our graduate students, postdoctoral associates, affiliated and emeritus professors offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary research and teaching environment to prepare students for a future in entomology.
The Department is housed in Russell Laboratories and makes extensive use of campus greenhouse facilities and the agricultural research stations located throughout the state for research, outreach and educational purposes. Russell Labs houses three departments: Entomology, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Plant Pathology. The building is centrally located on the UW-Madison campus making it ideal for collaborative work with other departments.
Values such as inclusion, integrity, community, and respect are an integral part of department culture and official code of conduct.
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Department News
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Northern Black Widow Rarely Encountered in Wisconsin
The Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus) is a rarely encountered spider in Wisconsin according to extension entomologist PJ Liesch in this column for Wisconsin Public Radio: https://www.wpr.org/wiscontext-northern-black-widow-rare-wisconsin-sightings-spiked-2017
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The Tick App Launched
Researchers at UW-Madison have teamed up with colleagues at Columbia University to create and launch The Tick App to collect data on ticks encountered by the general public. Efforts at UW-Madison are being led by Dr. Bieneke Bron and Dr. Susan Paskewitz, who were both interviewed about the new app by the Associated Press: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2018-07-09/university-of-wisconsin-madison-launches-tick-tracking-app
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Ticks Abundant This Year and Showing Up in More Residential Areas
No two years are the same when it comes to outdoor pests like ticks. Ticks are not only abundant this year, but they’re showing up in more and more in residential areas, such as backyards according to Medical Entomologist Susan Paskewitz in this interview with the Journal Sentinel: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2018/07/03/tips-keeping-lyme-disease-ticks-out-your-backyard/752652002/
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Congratulations to Dr. Dave Hogg on his Retirement!
Congratulations to Dave Hogg on his recent retirement from the UW-Madison Entomology Department. Dave has been an exemplary colleague, mentor, advisor, and friend since he began working in the UW-Madison Entomology Department in 1979. Along the way, Dave advised dozens of graduate students, was recognized for his excellence in teaching, served in leadership roles at…
Meaningful Research
Advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts.
Top-notch Instruction
Interdisciplinary instruction to inform students, collaborators, and the community.
Far-reaching Impact
Embodying the Wisconsin Idea, making the boundaries of our work the boundaries of the Wisconsin and beyond.
Vision
We focus on high-impact science that leverages our collective expertise on arthropod biology to solve problems in agriculture, the environment, and human health.